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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O’Malley has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff in memory of a general who served at Aberdeen Proving Ground and was killed in Afghanistan. O’Malley ordered the U.S.…

It seemed like it had been settled years ago – the United States would withdraw all military forces from Afghanistan in 2014. Now reports have surfaced of a deal that would change that, and a retired Army colonel is skeptical that such a move would improve the situation.

\”In all the years I have worked in Afghanistan, and particularly following this closely in the last 10 years, I don\’t think I have ever seen…something as damaging to U.S. interests as this,\” says Jerre Van Dyk, CBS News Afghanistan consultant. \”This is because of the power of the media in Afghanistan, as well as throughout the Muslim world.